The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ESSENTIAL INHERENT
'¡Excelente!' OLE
*'(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear' singer Presley ELVIS
*'All of Me' singer John LEGEND
*'Rock Your Body' singer Timberlake JUSTIN
*Allen's comedy partner Burns GEORGE
*Biel of 'Valentine's Day' JESSICA
*Burns's comedy partner Allen GRACIE
*Jennifer who sang 'Amor, Amor, Amor' LOPEZ
*Manchester United great Beckham DAVID
*Model Chrissy who co-hosts 'Lip Sync Battle' TEIGEN
*Singer Beckham nicknamed Posh Spice VICTORIA
*Three-time AL MVP Alex RODRIGUEZ
1,000-page book, e.g TOME
116 Across's inspiration MUSE
42 Down's org MLB
8-foot-2 friend of Elmo BIGBIRD
Admiral's group NAVY
Certain wedding guest AUNT
Davis of 'The Long Kiss Goodnight' GEENA
Designed plays, say COACHED
Divided fairly PRORATED
Driver's mishap SPINOUT
Emit, as hormones SECRETE
One sharing a stage kiss ACTOR
Opportunities to shine at rock concerts SOLOS
Org. supporting Reading Is Fundamental programs PTA
Professes to be true AVERS
Programmed to, as volume SETAT
Reasons for feeling blue WOES
Review articles, e.g EDIT
'___ Land' (romantic 2016 film) LALA
Clearly comprehensible LUCID
Cheese-shredding item GRATER
Checked, as financial figures AUDITED
Bon ___ (quip) MOT
Aid for John Bates on 'Downton Abbey' CANE
Biz leader CEO
Becomes twisted out of shape, as lumber WARPS
Beatty of 'Prelude to a Kiss' NED
Alpo or Whiskas eater PET
Air quality index concern SMOG
'Mi ___ es su ___' CASA
Taxing org IRS
Swimmer Mark SPITZ
SHIPPING CHANNEL SEALANE
MIMICKED APED
Romantic poem, maybe ODE
Romantic-era pianist Schumann CLARA
Scholarship recipient, e.g GRANTEE
'Finders keepers, ___ weepers' LOSERS
'You ___ So Beautiful' (Joe Cocker song) ARE
Emulate a defensive bee STING
Familial nickname SIS
REST AREA? MUSIC
MASKING ___ TAPE
EXILED SENTAWAY
'THERE IT IS!' AHA
EXTENSIVELY ATLENGTH
NOT LEVEL OBLIQUE
CONCLUSION END
BON ___ (CLEANSER BRAND) AMI
CRACK, SO TO SPEAK DECRYPT
LIKE SOME FAVORITES ODDSON
PRINCIPAL ARCH
English or Spanish, e.g CLASS
Flying Post WILEY
Fortuneteller's initials ESP
French culinary specification AUJUS
From Riyadh, say SAUDI
Gate of All Nations nation IRAN
Gated passage in a dam SLUICE
Goes from 1 to 2, say AGES
Groups taking bows CASTS
Having romantic notions IDEALISTIC
In a pessimistic way GLOOMILY
Like a mustang EQUINE
Like computer language CODED
Margaret's husband in 'Addams Family Values' ITT
Material from which reactive metals are extracted during electrolysis ORE
Maximally challenging HARDEST
Nick at ___ (programming block on Nickelodeon) NITE
Sean Connery's role in 'Zardoz' ZED
Sevastopol's region CRIMEA
Sketch comedy bit GAG
Sought-after creatures in 'Abominable' YETIS
Squalid abode RATHOLE
Steamy spaces SAUNAS
Superheroes' wraps CAPES
Sweetie ___ PIE
Teacher's task LESSON
Tended to, as flowers WATERED
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT MACRO
COMPETE (FOR) VIE
HAVING GREAT POWER MIGHTY
TIDY NEAT
'... ___ any drop to drink' NOR
PUBLIC ENTERTAINER ARTISTE
COMPOSER STRAVINSKY IGOR
Hired enforcer GOON
Touchdown hrs ETAS
Univ. applicant's test GRE
What a mask may cover CHIN
Word heard during a sermon LORD
___ regression (form of statistical analysis) LOGISTIC
Be strongly and wholeheartedly felt RUNDEEP
Clap for, say CHEERON
Pliers place TOOLCHEST
Craft in hangars JETS
Smoke-filled room? CIGARSTORE
Like a president who wasn't reelected ONETERM
TRIPS UP? ASCENTS
KIDNEY-RELATED RENAL
CATCH NAB
Enlarge, as a home ADDONTO
SETTLES DOWN COOLSIT